Fence



(No Model.) Si FENGE.

f No. 444,382. Patented Jan. .6, 1891.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

SAMUEL M. J. HOUSE, OF HILLSBOROUGH, VIRGINIA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,382, dated January6, 1891.

Application i'lled October 16, 1890., Serial No. 368,294. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. J. HOUSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hillsborough,in the countyof Loudoun and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fences ,and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fences;and it more especially consists in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of the several parts of which it is composed, as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of apanel of my improved fence, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of theposts of the said fence, showing the position which it assumes when itis being wired.

Each of the fence-posts l consists of a transverse block or base 2,which should be of suflicient weight to give stability to the post, andwhich rests upon a surface of the ground, the said block having thestandard 3 rigidly secured to one side thereof, and also having the jaw4 pivoted to the same side thereof by means of the bolt 5. The upper endof the said pivoted jaw is adapted to be drawn against the upper end ofthe standard 3 by means of the bolts 6, which pass through the upperends of the said standard and jaw.

The wires '7 of the fence pass between the jaw and standard of each ofthe posts forming a part of the fence and above the several bolts 6thereof. It will be evident that by opening the jaw, as shown in Fig. 2,the wires may be readily put in place in the several posts andtightened, resting upon the bolts 6 of the posts thereof, after whichjaws 4 may be placed against the standards 3 and drawn in place by meansof the bol ts 6, thus holding the wires rfof the fence and preventingtheir movement. It will also be seen that as the fence-posts merely lieupon the surface of the ground the fence may be readily re moved fromplace to place.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent isl. The combination, with a transverse baseblock, of a standardrigidly secured to one side thereof, a jaw pivotally secured to the saidblock, and bolts passing through the said jaw andstandard, as described.

2. A fence consisting of a series of posts, each of the said posts beingcomposed of a transverse base block, a standard rigidly secured thereto,a jaw pivoted to the baseblock, bolts passing through the said jaw andthe standard, and wires passing between the jaws and standards of theseveral posts and above the bolts thereof, as described.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- SAMUEL M. J. HOUSE. Witnesses:

CHESTER C. GAVER, W. S. GAvEE.

